The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Eiddwen Harrhy, David Johnston - Berkeley: Nelson, Op. 41 (2021)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: Mario! Sebastiano! Annibale!
02. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: Mercy, Child, a Carriage and Pair
03. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: Victory O Happy Day
04. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: Oh! With What Wonder
05. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: A Strange Little Hero
06. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: The Wine Waits
07. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: Very Well, Very Well
08. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: Choose Between Love and Death
09. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: You Do Well, My Lord
10. Nelson, Op. 41, Act I: That Is a Man's Music
11. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 1: Another Day!
12. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 1: Welcome Ma'am
13. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 1: Indelicate Presumption
14. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 1: Nelson, Why Are You Silent?
15. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 1: Lord Nelson! Emma!

CD2
01. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 2: Tell Me Hardy, You Knew Lord Nelson
02. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 2: You Look Very Sombre, Gentlemen
03. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 2: Leave Me to Reflect
04. Nelson, Op. 41, Act II Scene 2: Lord Nelson a Messenger!
05. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 1: Today the Great Ship Sails
06. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 1: I Had Their Huzzaz Before
07. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 1: Are We Safe Hidden?
08. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 1: Now We Pass Into the Future
09. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 1: Orchestral Interlude
10. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 2: Out of It All, Down Below Hatches
11. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 2: Make Way There!
12. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 2: Orchestral Interlude
13. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 3: And So Ma'am, He Died
14. Nelson, Op. 41, Act III Scene 3: Look, It Is Growing Dark


This opera by Lennow Berkeley centers on the love affair of Horatio Nelson, and Emma, Lady Hamilton. Completed in 1951, it was first performed in full in 1954. The British Embassy in Naples is the scene of a birthday party for Nelson, arranged to celebrate his victory at the Nile. He appears with "the sadness of the world upon his lips" and while the other guests are dancing, Nelson, with Emma Hamilton, the Ambassador’s wife, beside him, hears a servant foretell his future unhappiness. This releases the passionate feelings of the couple for each other and the conflict in their lives.

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